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Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution

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Hidden for 70 years, a new invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature—the diary of Renia Spiegel—was rediscovered inside a desk in New York

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Why John Leguizamo Is Invested in Sharing Latino History

His uproariously inventive one-man show, soon to be shown on Netflix, puts the story of a neglected culture center stage

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Recent discoveries cast a different light on the most famous—and most feared—pirate of the early 18th century

The True Story of Scotland’s 'Outlaw King'

Chris Pine stars as the Netflix film’s eponymous hero, who secures his country’s independence but leaves behind a tangled legacy

The Woman Who Signed the Declaration — The Woman Who Signed the Declaration

Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution

The Story of an Astonishing Holocaust Diary — The Story of an Astonishing Holocaust Diary

Hidden for 70 years, a new invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature—the diary of Renia Spiegel—was rediscovered inside a desk in New York

The Scars of World War I — The Scars of World War I

One hundred years after the end of the bloodshed, one photographer finds personal connections to the war

Why John Leguizamo Is Invested in Sharing Latino History — Why John Leguizamo Is Invested in Sharing Latino History

His uproariously inventive one-man show, soon to be shown on Netflix, puts the story of a neglected culture center stage

What’s the Real Story of Blackbeard? — What’s the Real Story of Blackbeard?

Recent discoveries cast a different light on the most famous—and most feared—pirate of the early 18th century

The True Story of Scotland’s 'Outlaw King' — The True Story of Scotland’s 'Outlaw King'

Chris Pine stars as the Netflix film’s eponymous hero, who secures his country’s independence but leaves behind a tangled legacy

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